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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1969
Page
4
Editorial lament on racial unrest and civil rights, condemning special privileges and reverse discrimination. Argues that people should be valued as individuals regardless of color, supporting equal opportunity without color-based subsidies. Critiques TV ads as meaningless and seeks a society with no discrimination.
A proposal from the Iowa Nursing Home Association asks the Department of Social Services to study the customary charges for nursing homes to set near appropriation-compatible rates. Executive director Ralph J. Quackenbush notes welfare patients number 6,000 to 6,500 with private rates in newer homes at 9.18 versus 7.17 for welfare. He cites wage increases since 1967 and rising costs as a major pressure, with classifications listing skilled nursing homes and custodial homes and prior vs newer builds. The piece also includes a section musing about the meaning of virgin hops and related beer questions.
Democrats urged a joint study of Iowa election laws while Republicans defended their 1969 reform bill. State Chairman Jack Warren rejected the bid for a bipartisan committee and signaled commitment to current legislation as House action looms for the 1970 session.
A collage of witty bits and curiosities from a Washington Iowa column. Notes on Peggy Fleming, legal quirks in Switzerland, fish bait ethics, a co ed curfew, humorous verse about romance, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. turning down nudity, Italian tax comedy, redhead tan debate, furniture terms, seaside visits, Vince’s charm, grapefruit halves, generations, and local newspaper staff.
Record crowds flock to Field Museum’s A Sense of Wonder A Sense of History A Sense of Discovery exhibit through November 16. The trilogy presents earth images fossil finds and human stories across three sections. Special summer hours run June 25 to August 31 with free admission for children students and teachers and free adult days on Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays.
About 1,500 people from twelve counties attended the Fourth of July and First District Democratic picnic at the Fairgrounds. Barbecued pork, entertainment, and remarks by leaders such as John Elliott and Bill Gannon highlighted the event.
North South reach six diamonds after a sequence of bids with North holding AQ AJ103 KQ5 9764 and East West distribution. Declarer must anticipate 4-0 breaks in clubs or diamonds, drawing trumps, then playing to force East to hold missing clubs. South succeeds by safety plays and endplays, defying presumed favorable 2-2 or 3-1 splits, and takes the slam when clubs prove 2-2 or East has the four missing clubs.
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